[sdiy] Looking for public opinion on switches choice. :)

[Rykhaard D.A.M.I.A.N.]

A wonderful amount of replies!  Thanks muchlee all! :)

Rocker switches (which can have the same switching mechanism as slide;
microswitch type, or other mechanics) are VERY attractive visually! 
If I could find them at the same pricing as toggles, I'd immediately
go with them! :O :O :)

Call me a computer geek but - my MOST desired switch, looks wise, are
the wide paddle switch type, that appeared on the antique computers,
in the mid 70's.  Paddle switches. :D  Huge / clunky but ......
wooooo. :D  I love the look of them. :)  (Not as big as on organs,
mind you.  Shorter.)

It's the various troubles that I've had with my 'off shore' toggles,
that I've been using since the early 90's. :(  I've had a fairly high
deathrate with them - the most often type being 'sticking'. :(  Out of
the 30 new switches in my sequencer panel, 2 are 'dead' right out of
the box. :(  Hence - looking around to other solutions. :-/

Another Pro that I'd found with slide switches in the 70's, were the
speed at which, I could switch huge groupings of them, that isn't as
easy with toggle switches. :-/
Where I'm looking at operating my sequencers live, for improv.
performance (Live and recording), I'd live to have as fast a
changability as possible. :)  (I've found troubles with that, with the
toggles in my current sequencer.)

Thanks as well for mentioning e-Bay!  I'm going to have a gander there
as well as a possible source. :)  I DO have a very low cost source
right now, for many of my parts requirements, but if I can beat that,
through e-Bay ..... hey. :D

Thanks again all.  It's great to have other's opinions for this. :) 
I'm leaning more now, towards slide switches.  (I hadn't thought of
it's use - cleaning oxidization.  Another handy feature. :) )

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Warmth and Peace,
Ryk

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